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Does your camera's zoom leave you too far from the action? Try the Olympus SZ-12's powerful 24X optical zoom for close-ups that capture distant subjects with sharp detail. Small enough to fit in your pocket, this high-zoom point-and-shoot packs a punch with a 14-megapixel sensor for high-resolution stills and high-definition video. One camera serves all your needs, perfect for documenting your child's sporting event, your friend's wedding or a family vacation.

Big zoom for big moments

Does your camera's zoom leave you too far from the action? Try the Olympus SZ-12's powerful 24X optical zoom for close-ups that capture distant subjects with sharp detail. Small enough to fit in your pocket, this high-zoom point-and-shoot packs a punch with a 14-megapixel sensor for high-resolution stills and high-definition video. One camera serves all your needs, perfect for documenting your child's sporting event, your friend's wedding or a family vacation.

Make the most of your photos with easy shooting modes and creative filters

The SZ-12 is ready to take on just about any subject. Its 16 scene modes automatically optimize the camera's settings, so you spend less time tweaking and more time capturing great shots. If the sun has set and you're concerned about low light, just choose “Night” and let the SZ-12 handle the details. Want to exercise your creative flair? Try Olympus's Magic Art filters for cool effects like Water Color, Punk or Drawing for unique shots that are sure to attract attention. You can even apply filters to video shooting for one-of-a-kind home movies.

Shoot great-looking portraits and panoramas

Want to keep it simple with a portrait? Beauty mode smooths wrinkles and blemishes so your subjects always look their best. Or if you've got something bigger in your sights, switch to Panorama mode for those shots that won't fit in a single frame. Fire away continuously while panning the camera, and the SZ-12 will stitch up to 10 shots together for one impressive image.

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Features

Optics: The Olympus SZ-12 is equipped with a powerful 24x
F3.0-6.9 zoom lens. The lens has a focal length of 4.5-108mm (equivalent to 25-600mm in 35mm photography).
The 24x optical zoom lets you get close to the action, while the 25mm wide angle
lens allows you to capture wide landscapes and group pictures.
Combined with the 4x digital zoom, the total zoom capability is 96x.

LED Monitor: The camera is equipped with a 3.0" LED monitor with approximately
460,000 dots. The SZ-12 offers a 5-level monitor brightness adjustment in the
menu. There is no separate viewfinder.

Recording Media: The SZ-12
records still images or movies onto
optional SD, SDHC, or SDXC Memory Cards. For test images, or when the memory
card becomes full, you can shoot a small number of images onto the camera's 59MB
internal memory. Still images are recorded in JPEG format. Movies are recorded
in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 with sound.

Dual Image Stabilization: The camera combines Sensor-shift
Image Stabilization with high ISO sensitivity and fast shutter speeds, so you can capture sharp,
blur-free images, even if your subject is moving.

Focusing Range:The focus range for the normal shooting mode is 3.6" to infinity for
wide angle and 1.6' to infinity in telephoto. In the macro mode, the range is
3.6" to
infinity (wide) and 1.6' to infinity (tele). Super Macro mode allows you to
take shots as close as 1.2"

AF Illuminator: The camera has a built-in LED illuminator
that assists in Auto Focusing, or illuminates a subject in shadows. It can be set
to automatically illuminate when the shutter button is pressed halfway.

Self-Timer: You can take pictures of yourself using the
12-second built-in self timer. The 2-second self-timer also aids in preventing
camera shake.

Power Requirements: The SZ-12 operates on an LI-50B
rechargeable Lithium-ion battery. An AC adapter (F-2AC-1B) is supplied to
charge the LI-50B in the camera or operate the camera on AC power. Charging time is approximately
3.5 hours. The camera can
also charge while it is connected to a computer via USB, but can be as much as
10 hours.

Recording
Images

Resolution: Several
recording settings are available for still pictures and video, requiring varying amounts of memory:

Panorama: You can
connect images with overlapping edges together into a single panoramic image.
You can select "Auto" or "Manual" Panorama, which allows you to put up to 3
images together, or "PC" for up to 10 images to be linked together on your
computer using the supplied software.

3D: 3D images are shot for viewing on a 3D-compatible
display device.

Sequential Shooting: The camera can take one frame at a
time, or a sequence of pictures at a time by holding down the shutter button. During sequential shooting, the focus, exposure,
and white balance are fixed when the first frame is shot. Sequential photos can
be taken as follows:

Speed Setting

Frames Per Second

Maximum # of frames

Resolution

Normal

0.89 fps

18

14M (4288 x 3216)

Hi 1

7.6 fps

42

5M (2560 x 1920)

Hi 2

10 fps

43

3M (2048 x 1536)

Sensitivity:
The higher the ISO value, the greater the camera's light sensitivity and better
its ability to shoot in low light. The SZ-12 can automatically set the
camera's sensitivity according to the conditions around the subject. To minimize
blur caused by a moving subject or camera movement, the camera can automatically
use a higher sensitivity (compared to Auto). Manual settings include ISO
80, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1600 equivalents.

AF Mode: There are three AF (auto focus)
modes for selecting the focusing area:

Face/iESP:
the camera determines the subject, even when not in the center. If a face is
detected, the camera focuses on the face when the shutter button is pressed
halfway.

Spot AF: focus detection based on the subject within
the AF target mark

AF Tracking: The camera tracks the subject's movement
automatically to focus on it continuously.

Exposure Compensation: In some
situations, you may get better results by adjusting the exposure slightly using
exposure
compensation. You can adjust from -2.0 to + 2.0 EV in
1/3 stop increments.

Still Image Audio Recording: When activated, the camera's built-in microphone can be set
to record four seconds of audio after the shutter button is released and the
picture is taken. In the playback menu, you can add up to 4 seconds of audio to
still pictures.

Displaying
and Editing Images

Image Playback: Once still images or movies have been
captured, the camera gives you several options for playing them back:

Manual Playback: view images manually one-by-one

Slide Show: play still
images back as a slide show. You can select to include all, or images from a
single event, or in a specific collection created with PC software. You can
choose from five types of background music and three types of transitions.

Photo Surfing: images are searched and related images are
selected for playback as a group

Index View: For
viewing multiple images at once, you can create an index display of 12 or 30
frames.

Outputs: The SZ-12 is equipped with an HDMI Micro
Connector (Type D) for connecting the camera to an HDMI-equipped HDTV.
The output can be set to 1080i, 720p, or 480p. If the connected HDTV is
compatible with HDMI Control, you can set the camera to be controlled by the
TV's remote control. The camera also has
a proprietary multi-function jack used as an audio/video output (with the
supplied composite video/mono audio cable) or a USB port (with the supplied USB
cable).

Editing Pictures: If a picture you have taken turns out
less-than-perfect, you can edit it using one of the following:

Image Size: You can save a high-resolution image as a separate
image with a smaller size to use in e-mail attachments or other
applications. You can choose 640 x 480 or 320 x 240.

Cropping: You can zoom in using the cropping frame, and create a
new image.

Adding Sound: You can add up to 4 seconds of audio to
an existing image using the built-in microphone.

Beauty Fix: The camera can make corrections to the
subject's skin and/or eyes.

Shadow Adjust: You can brighten areas that are dark due to
backlighting of other reasons

Redeye Fix: Red-eyes caused by flash shooting can be retouched.

Rotate: You can rotate the image to the proper
orientation.

Erasing/Protecting Images: Unwanted
images can be erased one at a time or all at once. You can protect important
images to avoid accidentally erasing them. Once an image is protected, it cannot
be erased during a single-frame erase or all-frame erase function. Protected
images are erased when the memory is reformatted.

PictBridge Printing Capability:
Using the supplied USB cable, you can connect this camera directly to a
PictBridge-compliant printer. PictBridge is a standard that allows you to
connect a PictBridge compliant camera directly to a PictBridge compliant printer
and make prints, regardless of brand.

Print Reservation: Applying Print Reservation (Print Order) to your pictures allows you
to take the memory card to a DPOF-compatible photo lab for
printing, or print them on a DPOF-compatible printer at home, without using
a computer. DPOF is the Digital Print Order Format and allows you to add
information to your picture files such as which pictures to print, the
number of prints desired, add the date
and time to each image, etc.

Supplied
Software

Supplied Software: The SZ-12 comes with Olympus Viewer
2 and [ib] software on CD-ROM. The disc also includes a full Camera Instruction
Manual. The software is compatible with the following Operating Systems:

Viewer 2:

Windows XP (SP2 or later)

Windows Vista

Windows 7

Mac OS X v10.4.11-v10.6

[ib]

Windows XP (SP2 or later)

Windows Vista

Windows 7

Mass Storage Device: When the camera is used as a Mass Storage device,
you can connect it to computers running the following operating systems:

Windows XP Home Edition/Professional (SP1 or later)

Windows Vista

Windows 7

Mac OS X v10.3 or later

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